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MICHAL BONZCA reviews the latest releases from Rusty Shackle, Ifriqiyya Electrique, and Ruth Notman and Sam Kelly
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
The bard distills our hellish times into fiery words
Rusty Shackle
The Raven, the Thief & the Hangman
(Get Folked Records)
★★★★★
RUSTY SHACKLE have chiselled this set of nine songs to loving perfection.
For two years, with laudable dedication, they've researched and gathered songs that tell stories from the edge of human existence without descending into miserablism or self-pity.
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